Vashisht-Rota

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Aparna VASHISHT-ROTA, Case No.: 22-cv-0978-AGS-KSC Plaintiff, ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS (ECF 11) AND MOTION TO AMEND v. (ECF 31) UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al., Defendants. 8 Plaintiff sued a Utah state judge and the Utah Attorney General, alleging that they violated her rights in the handling of her Utah state cases. She also seeks to amend her complaint to add new Utah judges and the State of Utah. The defense moves to dismiss this case on a variety of grounds. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Dr. Aparna Vashisht-Rota has been involved in extensive litigation in both Utah state court and California federal court regarding a previous business relationship she and her business had with Howell Management Services. The claims for the current federal lawsuit stem from two Utah state-court proceedings “over which Judge [Angela F.] Fonnesbeck presided.” (ECF 1, at 2.) In the first case, Judge Fonnesbeck entered a default 19 …